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Longhorns seeded No. 2 in Big 12 women's tourney, begin play in quarterfinals Saturday
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 71-46 win over BYU clinched the No. 2 seed for Texas in the Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament that begins Thursday, and there's a chance the Longhorns could see the Cougars again soon.
Texas finished 14-4 in Big 12 play, a game behind Oklahoma in the standings, and they'll enter the conference tournament in the quarterfinals Saturday. BYU, the No. 10 seed in the tournament, faces off against No. 7 Kansas on Friday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The winner will play the Longhorns at 5:30 p.m.
The top four seeds in the tournament all begin play Saturday. The Sooners have the top seed, Kansas State is No. 3 and Iowa State is seeded fourth. The Cyclones got the last bye to the quarterfinal in a tiebreaker scenario with Baylor and West Virginia. All three teams finished 12-6 but Iowa State had the best record among the three against each other, and then the Cyclones beat Baylor earlier in the season.
The teams seeded 11th-14th play in the tournament's first round, and if somehow one of those teams gets hot, they could potentially play five games in five nights. It's not very likely, but it's possible.
Cincinnati and Central Florida play in one opening round game with Houston and Texas Tech facing off in the other.
The winner of the tournament receives the Big 12's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.